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Abinadab

Mentioned 1751–1062 BC traditional (Jones)

The second of the eight sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain (1 Sam. 17:13).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Jesse
Siblings
Eliab, Nethaneel, Ozem, Raddai, Shammah, David, Elihu
Tagged in
3 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 1923–890 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

3 tagged verses in 2 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Samuel2
  2. 1 Chronicles1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBAbinadab 11
KJVAbinadab 13
ASVAbinadab 12

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Every verse

All 3 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Samuel2 verses
  1. 16:8

    Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”

  2. 17:13

    The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.

1 Chronicles1 verse
  1. 2:13

    Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The second of the eight sons of Jesse (1 Sam. 16:8). He was with Saul in the campaign against the Philistines in which Goliath was slain (1 Sam. 17:13).